Force and drain faucet



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FORGE AND DRAIN FAUGET. No.l 337.210. Patented Manz, 1886.

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NrTnn STATES FRANK R. TIBBITTS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FORCE AND DRAIN FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,210. dated lVarch2. 1886.

Application tiled J une 26, 1885. Serial No. 169,830. (No model.)

To all whom zi may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. TIBBTTs, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, having invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Force and Drain Faucets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a force and drain faucetfor drawing liquids from barrels, economical in construction andoperation; and it consists of an air-pump having a tubular piston-rod,(operating the pistou,) which also comprises t-he discharge-tube of thefaucet, the pump-barrel consisting of the rear and hidden port-ion ofthefaucetbody. Said rod, having a reciprocating movement withinthefaucet-body, serves to both withdraw liquid by its outward stroke and toinject air by its inward stroke, to supply air to regain and maintainthe pressure in the barrel as fast as such pressure becomes reducedbythe withdrawal of the liquid.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view showing theinterior construction and arrangement of the several parts of myimproved faucet and pump and their connection with the co'oler andbarrel. Fig. 2 is a top side view of the exterior portion-of faucetextending outward from the cooler.

A is body ofthe faucet, the rear portion of which constitutes thepump-barrel B. This pump-barrel portion is iitted into a hole throughthe wallof the cooler C, a ilange, b, bearing against the outsidesurface, leaving the iinished and ornamental part of the faucetprojecting outward from said surface.

Dis the head of the pump-barrel, which is screwed onto the barrel andforms the nut for securing said barrel to the cooler. vThe head isprovided with two nipples, E F, in which are provided valves e f.

G is a tubular rod iitted to play through the front end of thefaucet-body A and out through a hole in the head D of the pump B. Thefront end of the body A is bored out somewhat larger than the diameterof the rod down to a shoulder, a, in which is placed a tubular packing,g, held in place by a tubular screw, s, through which the said rodplays.

13,; is a handle iixed ou the end of the tubular rod G, by means ofwhich it is operated. The tubular rod G also has a hole, h, which, whenthe rod is drawn outward, meets a like hole through the packing, andthus brings the interior bore of said rod into communication with theoutlet-passage I of the faucet. To the inner end of said tubular rod isattached a hose, J, connecting said rod with the tap- 6o spigot Kin thebarrel M. To the said tubular rod G is secured the pump-piston P, andthe pump-barrel is connect-ed by a hose, Q, attached to nipple F, withthe bung L of the barrel. The faucet-body Aha-s holes 0 in the 65 neck,to admit of ingress and egress of air in front of the piston, to preventany impediment to the moving of the pistou by compression or expansionof air in that part ot' the barrel B. 7o

From the foregoing the operations of my device will be understood to beas follows: By drawing the tubular rod outward, communication is openedfor the flow ofliquid from the barrel M. At the same time the, piston isdrawn forward and the pump-barrel is filled with air drawn in throughvalve e from Within the cooler; and then, when the rod is again pushedinward, the faucet is closed, and the piston forces air into the barrelM, thus sup- 8o plying air thereto and keeping up the pressure thereinas fast as the liquid is drawn out. Should the barrel M require morepressure, a few short strokes of the piston will readily supply thedeficiency. l

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a force and drain faucet,the combination, with the faucet-body having the pumpbarrel integraltherewith, of a tubular pistonrod and pump-piston secured thereto, the9o bore in said piston-rod forming the dischargeconduit for the liquid,as set forth.

2. In a force and drain faucet, the combination,with the faucet-body andpump-barrel, substantially as described, of the tubular pis- 9 5-ton-rod for the passage of the liquid, and the piston secured theretoand working in the pump-barrel, for supplying air to the barrel or othervessel.

y FRANK R. TIBBrr'rs. Witnesses: I

Gao. W'. TIBBIrrs, E. W. LAIRD,

